This sawtooth mountain range still bears the strangely lovely marks of its history as a medieval quarry.

This neighborhood thoroughfare is haunted by dozens of homemade monsters.

This hulking behemoth is actually five interconnected towers built in the 1960s.

One of the few remaining casualties of the London Blitz, this destroyed church has become an enchanting public garden.

This statue of an eagle taking flight welcomes visitors to Langkawi.

Islanders once used this dramatic, otherworldly landscape to hide their cattle from Viking raiders.

Now famous as the "Harry Potter bridge," this impressive concrete viaduct has long been an icon in its own right.

Kings Cross Station pays tribute to its role in Britain's best-selling book series.

This dramatic landscape hidden on the Isle of Skye looks as though you've stepped into the magical realm.

These fantastically named natural pools look like something out of a Scottish myth.

This ornate Victorian marketplace was the setting for Diagon Alley and the Leaky Cauldron in the Harry Potter films.

This 14th-century temple is also known as the "Temple of the Golden Pavilion" for its gorgeous gilded reliquary hall.

A shrine contains nearly 200 statues of the Buddhist deity Jizo, dressed in bibs by parents who have lost a child.

A beautiful bamboo trail tucked in this famous Japanese Shrine.

The 10,000 Torii shrine.

The quintessential Japanese rock garden has existed for more than 500 years.

The sound of swaying stalks in this stunning grove has been named a governmentally recognized sound.

This massive wooden building contains a giant Buddha, healing pillars, and tame deer wandering the grounds.

The world's shortest escalator doesn't seem to have any reason to exist other than to hold a world record.

This faux-seedy Japanese arcade is made up to look like a maze of alleys straight out of a cyberpunk dystopia.

It is said that coins washed in the waters here will miraculously multiply.

A bronze statue dating back as far as 1252, still has remnants of gold on its right cheek from ancient gilding.

Japanese national treasure originally built in 593 CE.

An eerie reminder to the horrors of World War II.